Step 1:architectdrawing(you & a collegue discuss your subject & what you want the subject to look like online: 1-2hrs)
Step 2:address(you need like a street address for your new home called a blog - kind of like your own website just easier) I would suggest having a separate 'house / email' for any technology related emails etc from your personal / school emails addresses just for simplicity. So, I'd suggest your new address be a DET address... in all cases.
( Please use your DET Email account where possible! ) Edited by D.Lofts 16/8/09
Step 3:building the house (now that you have your home / blog address, you now build your website / blog). So gotowww.edublogs.orgclick on 'SIGN UP HERE' , choose a name for your website blog. I suggest choosing something that the kids will remember like your name and class, so for me, I chose misskellyscommerceclass, then I choose a website blog title to be on the top of the website / blog, I chose Miss Kelly's Commerce Class... next you will be prompted for a blog type ... click: TEACHER ... then press: CREATE A BLOG.The site will email you a password to your gmail.
Step 4:design the look: you are now ready to design the look of the website blog. There's lots interior designs to choose from ... click on themes ... choose a theme that will reflect your subject or course. For commerce, I choose a theme to suit 'business' .... have a look at our place athttp://misskellyscommerceclass.edublogs.org/
Step 5: design how many pages do you want in the blog (like rooms in a house)?When building the commerce website blog I knew I wanteda no. of different pages such as a: marketing page, manufacturing page, financials page, human resources page, parents page, sample of student work page, user policy page, about us pageetc .... blah blah ... so, if you click onto http://misskellyscommerceclass.edublogs.org/ you will see the finished result :)
So, how long did all this take to do?
To get it to this point ... it took 1-2 hrs of planning / chatting about what I wanted online for commerce & the positives / negatives of having a gmail address versus DET address; then 15-30 min getting cup of tea, the gmail address, the edublog account, & then choosing / picking a theme / look for the page in edublog; then 1 -2 hr I took writing + choosing which photos to include from the ones I had taken over the years in commerce.
So what you see right now, took: 4.5hrs max (with tea and chat breaks)
BLOG PAGE EXAMPLE (eg: Year 9 Commerce Class)
To see our commerce blog page type into google: //http://misskellyscommerceclass.edublog.org// (the finished product )
//http://misskellyscommerceclass.edublogs.org/wp-admin///
//http://misskellyscommerceclass.edublogs.org//
Question: So, how did I make this stuff?
Answer: Pretend you are building a house (step 1: architect, step 2: get an address location, step 3: build it, etc )
see below ... for my PowerPoint Presentation from SDD, click on this link:
Step 1: architect drawing (you & a collegue discuss your subject & what you want the subject to look like online: 1-2hrs)
Step 2: address (you need like a street address for your new home called a blog - kind of like your own website just easier) I would suggest having a separate 'house / email' for any technology related emails etc from your personal / school emails addresses just for simplicity. So, I'd suggest your new address be a DET address... in all cases.
( Please use your DET Email account where possible! ) Edited by D.Lofts 16/8/09
Step 3: building the house (now that you have your home / blog address, you now build your website / blog). So goto www.edublogs.orgclick on 'SIGN UP HERE' , choose a name for your website blog. I suggest choosing something that the kids will remember like your name and class, so for me, I chose misskellyscommerceclass, then I choose a website blog title to be on the top of the website / blog, I chose Miss Kelly's Commerce Class ... next you will be prompted for a blog type ... click: TEACHER ... then press: CREATE A BLOG. The site will email you a password to your gmail.
Step 4: design the look: you are now ready to design the look of the website blog. There's lots interior designs to choose from ... click on themes ... choose a theme that will reflect your subject or course. For commerce, I choose a theme to suit 'business' .... have a look at our place at http://misskellyscommerceclass.edublogs.org/
Step 5: design how many pages do you want in the blog (like rooms in a house)? When building the commerce website blog I knew I wanted a no. of different pages such as a: marketing page, manufacturing page, financials page, human resources page, parents page, sample of student work page, user policy page, about us page etc .... blah blah ... so, if you click onto http://misskellyscommerceclass.edublogs.org/ you will see the finished result :)
So, how long did all this take to do?
To get it to this point ... it took 1-2 hrs of planning / chatting about what I wanted online for commerce & the positives / negatives of having a gmail address versus DET address; then 15-30 min getting cup of tea, the gmail address, the edublog account, & then choosing / picking a theme / look for the page in edublog; then 1 -2 hr I took writing + choosing which photos to include from the ones I had taken over the years in commerce.
So what you see right now, took: 4.5hrs max (with tea and chat breaks)